Global change effects on biogeochemical mercury cycling

JE Sonke, H Angot, Y Zhang, A Poulain, E Björn… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Past and present anthropogenic mercury (Hg) release to ecosystems causes neurotoxicity
and cardiovascular disease in humans with an estimated economic cost of $117 billion USD …

The impact of mercury contamination on human health in the Arctic: A state of the science review

N Basu, K Abass, R Dietz, E Krümmel, A Rautio… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2021 Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) Mercury (Hg)
Assessment is motivated by Arctic populations, and most notably Indigenous Peoples in the …

A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals

R Dietz, RJ Letcher, J Aars, M Andersen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a considerable number of reports on Hg concentrations in Arctic mammals
since the last Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) effort to review …

Climate change and mercury in the Arctic: biotic interactions

MA McKinney, J Chételat, SM Burke, KH Elliott… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global climate change has led to profound alterations of the Arctic environment and
ecosystems, with potential secondary effects on mercury (Hg) within Arctic biota. This review …

Mercury contamination challenges the behavioral response of a keystone species to Arctic climate change

AS Grunst, ML Grunst, D Grémillet, A Kato… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combined effects of multiple, climate change-associated stressors are of mounting concern,
especially in Arctic ecosystems. Elevated mercury (Hg) exposure in Arctic animals could …

Mercury in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea: A response to decreased atmospheric deposition and changing environment

A Jędruch, L Falkowska, D Saniewska… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Our review of the literature showed that since the beginning of the socio-economic
transformation in Poland in the 1990s, the downward trend in Hg emissions and its …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic methylmercury cycling

S Jonsson, MN Mastromonaco, F Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic mercury (Hg) undergoes long-range transport to the Arctic where some of it is
transformed into methylmercury (MeHg), potentially leading to high exposure in some Arctic …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the study of mercury in the Arctic

M Houde, EM Krümmel, T Mustonen, J Brammer… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Arctic Indigenous Peoples are among the most exposed humans when it comes to
foodborne mercury (Hg). In response, Hg monitoring and research have been on-going in …

Global mercury concentrations in biota: Their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework

DC Evers, JT Ackerman, S Åkerblom, D Bally, N Basu… - Ecotoxicology, 2024 - Springer
An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation. Here, we describe for the …

Mercury at the top of the world: A 31-year record of mercury in Arctic char in the largest High Arctic lake, linked to atmospheric mercury concentrations and climate …

K Hudelson, DCG Muir, G Köck, X Wang, JL Kirk… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lake Hazen, the largest lake north of the Arctic circle, is being impacted by mercury (Hg)
pollution and climate change. The lake is inhabited by two morphotypes of land-locked …